Archive for the ‘DC’ tag

Hmmmm…I’m not sure what Marvel’s angle is with this, but something sure seems fishy about this. Actually, fishy is probably not the right word. More like douchey. This just smacks me as being nothing more than sour grapes because Blackest Night is the most talked about series in quite a while (keep in mind as [...]

As the geeks circle in the waters of rumor and conjecture, they smell the green-tinged blood of Fall Season Previews. One of the most eagerly awaited previews of the returning shows would be Smallville, Season 9. But first…The folks at CW (and their sponsors) have kindly prepared a Season 8 in 2 minutes recap. If [...]

The Shazam! movie that has languished in limbo for years may finally be seeing light, as New Line Studios has hired actor-turned-screenwriter Billy Birch to write the screenplay for the new movie. The bigger news? DC Comics superstar writer (and my personal fave!) Geoff Johns has also been signed to co-write the feature with Birch. [...]

Diamond Comics have released their shipping lists for books arriving this Wednesday and it looks like it’s another light week, which makes me happy…I’ve got to save up before leaving for Comic-Con! Here are a few highlights for this week: Blackest Night #1: This is it! Darkness is spreading across the DC Universe as the [...]

The Comic Con Programming Guide for Sunday has been released, and, as usual, it’s a nice low key day to wrap up the four (and 1/2 if you go to Preview Night!) days of fun and excitment. Sunday is considered “Kids Day” at Comic Con, so there’s a lot of programming that day suited for [...]

The folks at Comic Con have released the program guide for Saturday’s panels. This is a tough day; I have LOTS of conflicts. There are so many panels I want to go to, I’m going to be hard pressed to find time to get down to the dealer room and get my exclusives! I’m looking [...]

The programming for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con has started to be unveiled, with Wednesday’s Preview Night and Thursday’s full day of programming. Thursday is pretty stress free for me. I don’t really see any major conflicts. The panels I plan on attending mself are: DC: Superman: Two Worlds Mondo Marvel Spotlight on Geoff Johns [...]

USA Today, through usatoday.com and in conjunction with DC Comics, will be presenting the 12 week run of serial Superman comics from the new Wednesday Comics series. (For details on Wednesday Comics, see Geekspeaker’s 7/8/09 Comics blog.) John Arcudi is penning the Superman installments, with gorgeous art by Lee Bermejo. My first thought on reading the [...]